Valérie Vivancos

ISEA2023

Formed in Paris, France, in 2004, OttoannA (Rodolphe Alexis & Valérie Vivancos) have been generating sound pieces, devices and participative actions. Their passion for processes has taken various shapes including a software that singles out fragments from TV news and rearranges them into a poetic litany, memories of familiar routes recorded on the edge of hypnosis, one-to-one DJ sets, transposing sounds from the streets of Paris to those of New York via boomboxes, a piece based around the tale of a man hit by lightning, a barely audible live set performed from a closet… OttoannA’s semi-improvised compositions create a multilayered soundscape made of collages, fragmented narration, field recordings, electronic and electroacoustic synthesis… Besides, through their publishing and curating activities (under the Double-Entendre umbrella), their ear has become attuned to the possibilities and limitations of fixed aesthetic genres. The individual practices of the two artists (field recording and writing protocols) have also helped enrich their audio signature.